West Seattle Sunday: Soccer; Family Frisbee; Hips & Pipes …

(April Long photographed this osprey as it was perched on her condo building)
From the WSB West Seattle Events Calendar:

NO VIADUCT CLOSURE TONIGHT: WSDOT is deviating from the Sunday-Thursday schedule of southbound 99/Viaduct closures because of the holiday – so, as noted in our day-by-day/night-by-night list, NO closure till Tuesday night. (And nothing on the Spokane Street Viaduct except for the continuing closure of the eastbound 1st Avenue S. offramp.)

WEST SEATTLE SUNDAY SOCCER: Hey, earlybirds! Join this increasingly popular informal game at Delridge Playfield, 7:30 am. (Follow the WSSS Facebook page for updates.)

WEST SEATTLE FARMERS’ MARKET: Garlic, onions, roasted peppers – savory offerings are there today as well as late-summer fruit, and much more. 10 am-2 pm, 44th/Alaska.

WEST SEATTLE ULTIMATE FAMILY FRISBEE: Another regular drop-in sports event – Fairmount Playfield, 11 am. You can follow WSUFF on Facebook, too.

LOG HOUSE MUSEUM: See the new “Telling Our Westside Stories” exhibit AND more West Seattle (etc.) history, noon-4 pm at the museum, 61st/Stevens.

WEST SEATTLE TOOL LIBRARY: Haven’t been? Or haven’t been lately? Take advantage of the quieter holiday weekend and check them out during Sunday’s regular hours, 1-5 pm. Northeast side of Youngstown Cultural Arts Center (4408 Delridge Way SW).

HIPS AND PIPES: Bellydancing meets bagpiping, tonight at Skylark Café and Club, 8 pm (3803 Delridge Way SW).

dawsonct September 2, 2012 (9:19 am)

Geat osprey picture! You can really tell that, once it gets it’s talons into a fish, it isn’t going to pop off easily.

JumboJim September 2, 2012 (4:06 pm)

Beautiful picture. Interesting to notice that this is a young bird, hatched this year. You can tell by the pale edges to all of the feathers on the back. Must have left the nest very recently as Osprey are mostly long distance migrants unlike local Bald Eagles. Osprey begin and end their nest cycle later, before heading south this month and next.

WSB September 2, 2012 (4:34 pm)

Thanks, JJ – I noticed while trying to doublecheck the ID online that the mature version didn’t seem to have those white spots on its back.

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